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During a rehearing requested by the plaintiffs in a case alleging child sex abuse by a priest, SCOLA reversed an earlier ruling that had found the so-called "look back law" unconstitutional ....
NEW ORLEANS (AP) A pipeline company must pay attorneys who won $30,000 for three fractional owners of land where the company began work before getting legal permission, the Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled. ....
Supreme Court Refuses Louisiana’s Emergency Request to Reinstate Sex Offender ID Law The Supreme Court turned down an emergency request from Louisiana urging it to freeze a state Supreme Court ruling that struck down a requirement that a sex offender’s status be announced in large letters on state-issued identification, while the state pursues an appeal of the decision. The unsigned refusal-of-stay decision came late on Dec. 30, 2020, in a case known as Louisiana v. Hill. The Supreme Court didn’t explain why it denied the emergency application, which began in front of Justice Samuel Alito but was then referred to the full court. The state previously indicated that it intended at some point to file a petition for certiorari with the high court, which is the usual way a party initiates an appeal to the court. ....
Louisiana Court: ‘Collectibility’ Not a Limiting Factor in Legal Malpractice Damage Amounts Are a plaintiff’s damages in a legal malpractice case limited to the amount they could have collected in a judgement in the underlying lawsuit that an attorney was found to have mishandled? The Louisiana Supreme Court said ‘no’ in a case involving a woman’s malpractice suit against her attorney who failed to file in a timely manner his client’s petition for damages following an auto accident in which the client was injured. In Elaine Ewing vs. Westport Insurance Corporation, Et Al., the court was asked to “determine whether ‘collectibility’ is a relevant consideration in a legal malpractice action,” Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson explained in an opinion issued Nov. 19. ....